Higher Degree by Research Application Portal

The PhD student, based at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (UWA node), will use state-of-the-art numerical simulations to model and analyse the complex interplay between ordinary matter, such as stars, gas, and black holes, and the elusive dark matter in galactic centres. Possible themes include the physics of galactic bars, the formation of stellar bulges, the “cusp-core” problem and the related “diversity of rotation curves” problem, as well as the effect of feedback mechanisms on central mass distributions. The student will delve into a subset of these topics by running high-resolution controlled simulations of individual galaxies and by post-processing world-leading cosmological simulations that the supervisors have access to.

Not yet defined. Potential RTP project.

Prof. Danail Obreschkow

danail.obreschkow@uwa.edu.au

The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) is a program of independent, supervised research that is assessed solely on the basis of a thesis, sometimes including a creative work component, that is examined externally. The work presented for a PhD must be a substantial and original contribution to scholarship, demonstrating mastery of the subject of interest as well as an advance in that field of knowledge. 

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